Bosses at Marks & Spencer have moved to dismiss an unofficial list of stores earmarked for closure which shows Reading and Wokingham ’s shops would remain open.

The Local Data Company released a full list of stores it claimed were going to close, which did not contain either Reading or Wokingham.

Marks & Spencer has not released an official list and a spokesman said the list was “speculation” that was not based on company data.

Local Data Company director Matthew Hopkinson told the Daily Mail: “There are 35 towns and cities that have more than two M&S stores either on the high street, in a shopping centre or on the edge of town in a retail park.

“If one removes the large urban centres such as London, Glasgow and other cities, there are 22 towns where one might question the need for two stores.”

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Stores in Broad Street in Reading and Peach Street in Wokingham are not on the list.

The company announced the plan, which will see 30 stores close across the country , as well as 45 clothes stores changing to Simply Food stores, last week but has not officially released which stores are closing.